We stopped at the Admin office at lunchtime to pick up our mail packet. Nothing of major interest there either. The afternoon was better and went faster as Ron had Bill come out and get his keys so he could empty the donations from the canon in the VC and a box down at the Fort. Then it was Bill’s and my job to sort count and roll all the money. We ran out of penny wrappers but got the rest done. I felt like I was back at the bank. It was only about $800 but it was all folded and crumpled. What a mess.
I made tri-color tortellini with a chicken pasta sauce and salad for dinner. Then we kinda layed around reading the mail for a while. When we walked Xena I took the movie camera in case we had a boat come in or saw any animals. I was doing a panorama of the area of the park we live in and it included the mama and baby deer, and a raccoon. From a distance I thought it was the armadillo we sometimes see in the same area and it disappeared and reappeared on the other side of the road. There was a culvert there and then he was back on the other side and all that I could see what his head. Then as we got closer with the dog he took off for the woods but I got him on video.
I made a strawberry weight watchers pie for tomorrow. Bill’s watch band broke today so he’s going to take me to my meeting and go get a new watch band and then we’ll stop at Krogers on the way home. Watched some TV and wrote some postcards.
July 14 – I worked the entrance booth for half the day today. I get aggravated when the visitors interrupt me when I’m trying to do stuff on the computer! Working the booth and using the internet there keeps me from having to go to the library and to McDonald’s, but sometimes I like to just work along with no interruptions and get done.
It was getting windy and looking bad out by the time we finished lunch so we put the awning in. At first the awning would not come in but I shook the arm and then tried again. We were a little concerned that it was time to head back and we might have a problem. We were both in the VC for the afternoon and it was pretty boring. When the ranger in charge doesn’t have anything to do they help run the register or want to chat and I can’t even take time to read when there are no visitors without being rude.
We had leftovers for dinner so I could go to Weight Watchers and Bill wanted to get a watch band. His broke yesterday at work. It was starting to rain and looked really nasty out. Since we got a late start Bill waited for me to go weigh in and then he dropped me at Krogers for a few things while he went to Wal-Mart. He didn’t have any luck with his watch band so he got back just as I was filling our water jugs. I called Cheryl Boston on the way home to see if she and John came up with dates to come for a visit. They want to come the end of the month since John changed his Sunday work with someone, but it’s really better for us if they come the weekend before that. They are going to see if John can change back. We talked about what activities we will all do while they are here. Bill and I talked about what restaurants we want to take them to.
I made a batch of coconut macaroons for the rangers. Bill says they will really miss me when I am gone. It got pretty ugly out with rain and some lightning by the time we got to bed.
July 15 - What a nasty night. We lost power for 5 hours. I woke Bill and told him to set his watch alarm. The lightning was terrible and the rain was noisy and it was hot and I didn’t sleep too well. Xena chose to sleep right up beside me and that made me even hotter. We had a time getting up since it seemed like a really short night. I made fried grits for me and scrambled eggs for Bill with turkey bacon and toast.
I was in the entrance station this morning but it still looked like rain any minute and was so windy. I drove the enclosed little golf truck but geez, I could probably crawl faster. At least I knew I wouldn’t get blown to bits or wet when my shift ended. I was whipped when it was time to go to lunch. I was so tired of opening the window and having my hair slapping my face over and over. I did catch up on a bunch of email but that is about it.
It was a cooler but windy day all day. We were glad we had our awning in. It was a slow afternoon in the VC. It’s strange how the crowds come and go and you have absolutely no one in there. That’s when it’s time to read. Everyone seemed to enjoy the macaroons. There was one left and we shared it on the way home today. I promised 2 of the guys I’d made another almond cream cheese pound cake next week since they missed the first one.
I made a bag of P F Changs Orange Chicken and some brown rice for dinner. This chicken comes with veggies, which was really good but a bit spicier than Trader Joes’s. I will buy it again but it does have a pretty high fat count. Later we had piece of WW pie. Xena enjoyed a nice walk but it was getting really windy out and getting ready for another rainy night.
July 16 – It was windy the minute we got up and stayed that way all day. I was so glad I didn’t have to work the booth today and have that wind whipping my hair in my face all day. The volunteer who worked it said it was even raining in the window. I’m double glad I wasn’t out there today.
Normally on Saturday night we go out to eat but by the time we get home and change and walk Xena it’s late and the wait times are bad, so we decided this time to eat at home and go on Sunday instead. So I made trout, corn on the cob, cauliflower and cornbread. Bill ate all of his fish like a good boy! He says he “forgot” the cauliflower. Yeah, right!
After relaxing for a while we took Xena on a long walk and saw an armadillo and raccoon. The wind was picking up so we might be getting some bad weather again tonight.
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